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Although fewer people are smoking -- and therefore less likely to die from cigarette-related causes -- the obesity epidemic may negate any gains in life span, according to a new study.
Annual state tests of physical fitness show students improving, but obesity still an epidemic.
By: Robert Guttersohn Funding will provide for research on black adolescent obesity Wayne State was recently one of seven universities awarded a $5.7 million grant for research into black adolescent obesity. from the National Institutes of Health....
OKLAHOMA CITY -- It's an ambitious goal to lose 1 million pounds. Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett challenged folks across the city to shed the weight in an effort to fight obesity. Now the Mayor's "This City is Going on a Diet" initiative has hit the halfway point; residents have lost nearly 501,000 pounds.
If Americans continue to pack on pounds, obesity will cost the United States about $344 billion in annual medical-related expenses by 2018, eating up about 21 percent of health-care spending, says the first analysis to estimate the future medical costs of obesity.
The FDA issued three advance notices of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) in response to the recommendations, developed through consumer research, of its Obesity Working Group (OWG), two in 2005 and one in 2007.
Thanksgiving, surely the most traditionally food-themed holiday of the year, found us facing a bizarre paradox: both obesity and hunger are on the rise. In a survey of teachers across the country by Share Our Strength, 63 percent of respondents said they regularly used their own money to buy food for...
LOS ANGELES----My Gym Children's Fitness Center is now stepping up its continued efforts to reverse childhood obesity. The company has launched The Activators: An interactive comedy show for preschoolers – focused solely on physical fitness.
Despite the epidemic of childhood obesity in California, the latest results from the California Physical Fitness Test offer some encouraging news.
As patients switch insurers and Medicare providers in the new year, they might also get a new pharmacist. To make sure you're aware of any changes in medication, Dr. Mark Alberts of Northwestern University suggests a few questions to ask.
CHICAGO - The estimate was startling, and made headlines around the country: Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood. How could it be true in the land of plenty, in the midst of an obesity epidemic, skeptics wond
(WXOW) - For millions of Americans obesity is a daily struggle. And losing the weight, isn't always easy. More and more people are opting for bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery. Laura Kruse,
A lifelong media watcher and fat person contemplates TV news' latest mis-coverage of an obesity story.
It has been estimated that more than nine million kids are overweight, causing them to face potentially scary futures that could cause health care costs to spiral beyond control, according to a recent Reuters report.If children don't slim down by age 20, their life expectancy will drop by up to 20 years.
For years now, we’ve known that chronic sleep deprivation can trigger a litany of other health risks, from diabetes and obesity to heart and memory...
SAN ANGELO, Texas —In many families there is a point, often during the holidays, when an adult awakens in panic in the dark of night and realizes the family is or soon will be in financial jeopardy.Just as tasty, cheap and abundant food has made obesity far too prevalent, so a plethora of goods, discount stores and credit has made overspending a crisis for too many families.We’re dazzled by ...
